About Gorhiya Village

Gorhiya is a mid sized village in Nawanagar tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 687, made up of 362 males and 325 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143.3 hectares hectares.

Gorhiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gorhiya village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Buxar
Tehsil	Nawanagar
Area (hectares)	143.3 hectares
Population	687
Male Population	362
Female Population	325
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	898
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gorhiya compares

By the 2011 count Gorhiya is the 62nd largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,775 residents. Its 143.3 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Gorhiya

Gorhiya is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gorhiya as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gorhiya from other places

Gorhiya lies about 25 km from Buxar, and the nearest railway station is Baruna, about 21 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Gorhiya
Tehsil headquarters	Nawanagar	9.4 km
Nearest town	Dumraon	19 km
Nearest railway station	Baruna	21 km
District headquarters	Buxar	25 km

Villages closest to Gorhiya

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nawanagar tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Gorhiya

As per the Census of India 2011, Gorhiya village had a population of 687. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,775 residents.

Gorhiya village has 362 males and 325 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gorhiya has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Gorhiya covers 143.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gorhiya falls under Nawanagar tehsil of Buxar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gorhiya is Baruna, about 21 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gorhiya.

Gorhiya is about 25 km from Buxar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gorhiya is in Nawanagar tehsil of Buxar district. Nawanagar is about 9.4 km away. Dumraon is about 19 km away. Baruna is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.